A small hillside farmhouse reached by a deeply rutted road, with fist-sized stones placed in the deepest ruts. No powerlines or chimneys are in evidence, only a pipe sticking out of the roof. One small window and door can be seen. A little girl...

This nine-page letter written from Arthur H. Harris in Monroe, Louisiana, to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville is a conscious political treatise. The author is advocating and justifiying the secession of Louisiana at the upcoming...

Potrait of Sequoyah, credtited with inventing the Cherokee alphabet. Sequoyah is shown wearing a blue coat with a red and white headscarf and a peace medal hanging around his neck. He is pointing to a document showing the Cherokee alphabet and...

Portraits of Sequoyah and John Ross. Sequoyah wears a robe and headpiece. Has a pipe in mouth and pointing to a paper in his hand. John Ross wears a dark coat and necktie and a white collar. Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee alphabet, Parker's the...

These corn cob "peace pipes" were given to all attendees at the Chickamauga Barbeque held in 1889 in Crawfish Springs, Georgia, prior to establishment of the first Civil War national battlefield. The barbeque was attended by former Confederate and...

Handwritten entry for the date, covering parts of three page of this small volume representing the Civil War diary of Rachel Carter Craighead. Craighead writes of the sentries on duty outside their 6th and Union residence; men commenting the house...

Wooden pipe is carved with "Chickamauga", "Gen Cheatham" and with image of Confederate General Benjamin Franklin Cheatham on bowl. "From J.H.N. to H.W.M" is carved on base of bowl. Oak leaves are also carved along with the word "Tennessee."

Clay pipe stem fragment and bowl found on Stumphouse Mountain in 1937 in Walhalla, S.C. Bowl which has "Fillmore" on one side and "President" on the other. It was found by David Lowry Stoddard who was working for the Civilian Conservation Corps.;...

These items, found near Russell Ferry, between Decatur and Georgetown, Tenn., include Federal jacket buttons, a trade pipe, a large 1853 one cent coin, an 1863 Indian head penny, several small round balls, and other buttons,

A man inspecting a concrete pipe manufactured by the Civilian Conservation Corps for use in constructing forest roads. Five rows of pipes are visible, the second of which has planks of wood, presumably for rolling the heavy concrete pipes in order...

Muzzle loading, back action percussion lock, .36 caliber rifle. The rifle is approximately 40" long with an octagon barrel, full stock with brass covered joint just behind the lower ramrod pipe. The wood has an unusual finish (probably refinished)....

This selection of dug items from the Mulberry area of Lincoln County, Tenn., where there were army camps, includes minie balls and round balls, two harmonica reeds, a pocket knife, several civilian-style belt buckles, a pipe bowl, a kitchen knife,...